Auto-cab



\ 4 3 J0/1/v/4/v0ERs0/v By W J. ANDERSOND AUTO CAB.

APPLlCATION FILED APR.5| 19*9'. Patented Apr. 6, l6

WI 711 58858 IIV l/EN TOR A TTORNEYS' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN ANDERSON, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

AUTO-CAB.

Application filed April 5, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN ANDERSON, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King and State of \Vashington, have invented a new and Improved Auto-Cab, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to an auto-cab body and aims more particularly to provide a device of this nature which may be applied to a motor chassis and be readily removed therefrom.

A further object of this invention is to construct a body of the aforementioned nature which may be collapsed when not in use, so as to occupy a minimum of space for storage purposes.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying sheet of drawings, in wliic h Figure 1 is a side' elevation of my improved body showing the same in set-up position;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Fig. 8 illustrates the body in collapsed position; and

Fig. 1 is a section taken along lines 4% of Fig. 1.

. In these drawings, the reference number 1 designates the base plate provided with upstanding side flanges 9- and supporting a conventional cushioned seat 3. A back wall 4 is provided to which the base plate 3 is hingedly connected at its inner end, as at 5. A head, or back strip 6 extends across the inner face of the back 4 at any convenient height. A flange 7 extends inwardly at right angles to 'the back A along approxi mately the entire length of its two side ed es and base, and sidepanels 8 are hing edIy secured thereto as at 9. Pivoted as at 10 outside the upper ends of the flange 7 is a top 11.

It will now be noted that the upper and lower edges of the side panels 8 project within the flanges 2 of the base plate 1 and the flanges 12 of the top, and pins such as 13 project through such flanges and through openings formed in the edges of the side walls whereby the entire structure is rigidly secured together.

Another important feature of the invention is that the side walls, base plate and back of the body are formed with indentations indicated by 14, which indentations supply the necessary rigidity to these walls,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 287,692.

which is necessary in view of the fact that the same are preferably constructed of sheet metal. Vindows such as at 15 are formed in the back and side walls, it being under stood that these windows may be entirely eliminated, if desired, or be of any suitable construction.

In operation it will be seen that all that is necessary for a person, desiring to collapse the body, is for him to remove the pins 13, after having withdrawn the lock ing means such as indicated at 13, and then to hold the top 11 in approximately horizontal position until after the cushion 3 has been removed, and the panels 8 swung inwardly until they lie parallel to the back 1-. The base plate 1 is now swung upwardly to the position indicated in Fig. 3, and the top 11 rotated around its pivot 10 so that the outer edge 16 overlies the flange 7, as also indicated in Fig. 3.

To open the body, it will be seen that all that is necessary for the operator to do will be for him to reverse the heretofore de scribed operation.

In conclusion, it will be appreciated that various modifications may be resorted to without departing from the scope of this invention.

What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is 1. A collapsible body for vehicles including a base, back, side and top portions some of which are hingedly connected together, and means cooperating between the side, top and base portions for retaining all of said parts in applied position.

2. A collapsible body for vehicles includ ing a base, back, side and top portions, the top, side and base portions being hingedly connected to the back.

A collapsible body for vehicles including a back provided with side and base flanges, a top pivotally secured to such back, side walls hingedly connected to the outer edges of such flanges, and a base hingedly connected to the outer edge of the lowermost portion of the flange.

4. A collapsible body for vehicles including a back portion provided with a flange extending around approximately the entire length of the side edges and base thereof, and a base portion hingedly secured to the outer edge of the back, side walls hingedly connected to the flanges extending 0utwardly from the side edges of the back, and

a top hingedly secured to such fianges adjacent the upper edge.

5. A collapsible body for vehicles including a top, aback and side walls, a base plate hingedly secured to such back, the side walls and top also being hingedly and pivotally secured to such back, the base plate being provided with upstanding flanges adjacent its outer edges, the lower edges of the side walls being adapted to engage the inner face of such flange.

6. A collapsible body for vehicles including a back plate, side walls hingedly secured to the said plate, a base plate hingedly secured to such back, and a top provided with downwardly extending side edges, the upper edges of the side walls being adapted to project into such top.

'7. A collapsible body for vehicles including a back, a base plate hingedly secured to such back, a top pivotally secured to such back, and side walls extending between the secured to the back, the top being provided with downwardly extending outer edges adapted to overlie the top edges of the side walls, and a flange formed along the side edges of the base plate, the lower edges of the side walls being adapted to engage the inner face of such latter flange.

8. A collapsible body for vehicles including a top provided with downwardly extending side and front edges, a back plate to which said top is pivotally secured, a base plate hinged to said back, side walls hingcdly secured to the side edges of such back, the side walls being adapted to fold inwardly so as to extend parallel to the inner face of the back, the base plate being folded upwardly and against the outer face of such side walls, the top being of greater length than the back whereby all of such parts nest within such top when in folded position.

JOHN ANDERSON. 

